London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Finchley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

This page requires JavaScript

Coppers provided 4
Coppers repaired 5
Workrooms (including bakehouses) cleansed and repaired 7
Cisterns provided 2
Cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered 36
Water service pipes repaired 58
Moveable sanitary dustbins provided 127
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated 5
Nuisances from smoke abated 6
Accumulations of refuse removed 31
Various 106
Conservancy System
Five houses were provided with pail closets, and at the end
of the year work was in progress in connection with the abolition
of 4 of these closets and the provision of new W.C. apartments.
Notices Served
Informal notices 949
Statutory notices 31
Enquiries—Outstanding Sanitary Notices
One thousand three hundred and eighteen letters were
received during the year from the Town Clerk enquiring whether
or not there were any outstanding sanitary notices with respect to
certain properties in the district. The necessary searches were made
and the required information furnished.
Disinfection and Disinfestation
Number of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 167
Verminous rooms disinfested 104
Number of articles disinfected 1,529
Number of verminous premises dealt with 57
Six hundred and thirty-eight visits were made by your
inspectors and disinfectors in connection with cases of infectious
disease and verminous premises and the necessary investigations
were made in order to obtain the detailed information required.
40